Comment 0 for bug 256631

Binary package hint: xorg

The mouse cursor appears as a garbled block about an inch square. This happens on about 90% of boots. When the cursor does appear correctly on boot, it isn't completely right since it stays the same continuously, i.e. when loading a web page remains static.

The problem appears at the login screen and does not disappear whether I log into GDM or XFCE. This partition (sda1) is a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 Alternate, and is repeated when doing a fresh install of MythBuntu 8.0.4.1 Alternate. Standard install and the Live CD produce an unreadable screen. I've tried nvdia-glx-new and nvidia-glx, purging to nvidia-kernel-common inbetween.

It is unlikely to be the hardware since I have a dual-boot Ubuntu system and on the other partition the cursor works perfectly. I've used an exact copy of my xorg.conf from the working system, but to no avail. My next step is to try to find what differences there may be between the two systems, any suggestions?

I've come across this bug elsewhere on the web without a real solution being supplied. I think I have the best chance of solving it since I have one working and one broken install on the same hardware. Any help on narrowing this down would be very helpful. (more info to come).

Hardware:
GeForce FX5200
Sempron 2800+

Software (sda1 - broken cursor)
Ubuntu 8.0.4.1
2.6.24-19-generic

Software (sda2 - working cursor)
Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 (dist-upgrade from 7.10)